06-06-2010, 01:39 PM
Adrienne,
My husband and I moved here 4 1/2 years ago, bought a place 1 year ago, and I doubt we will ever live anywhere else. It really works for us. But, we finally bought our house in a subdivision that was on the bottom of our list when we were on the mainland, and most of the places that attracted us via the internet are places where I now know we would never be happy.
But the Puna we actually live in is not the one we perceived from researching on the internet, and I am so glad we didn't make the commitment of selling our house on the mainland until we had lived here over a year, and really knew what life here was like. As much as I hated renting for years, I am also very glad we really knew Puna before we bought.
Good luck, and don't worry that prices are going to move back out of your price range overnight. Waiting could turn out to be the best thing you could do.
Carol
My husband and I moved here 4 1/2 years ago, bought a place 1 year ago, and I doubt we will ever live anywhere else. It really works for us. But, we finally bought our house in a subdivision that was on the bottom of our list when we were on the mainland, and most of the places that attracted us via the internet are places where I now know we would never be happy.
But the Puna we actually live in is not the one we perceived from researching on the internet, and I am so glad we didn't make the commitment of selling our house on the mainland until we had lived here over a year, and really knew what life here was like. As much as I hated renting for years, I am also very glad we really knew Puna before we bought.
Good luck, and don't worry that prices are going to move back out of your price range overnight. Waiting could turn out to be the best thing you could do.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb